Posts Tagged ‘Luke Jesperson’

Welcome to my City Fruit blog which will allow you to follow me as I ensconce myself in the food issues affecting the city Tom Robbins excitedly described as, “the best place to go to experiment with life,” -Seattle, WA. My name is Luke Jesperson and I am the new Harvest Coordinator at City Fruit. Our Executive Director and founder, Gail Savina, who has been coordinating the fruit harvest since the inception of City Fruit in 2009, is in the process of gradually retiring. While she will be advising me throughout the year, the work will be on my shoulders. As the old idiom goes, “I’m being thrown to the wolfberries,” and man do I have tons to learn! I’ve been told that the key to finding fruit to harvest is to first find trees that bear fruit and to find trees to harvest takes the generosity of the people of the community to donate their trees for us to harvest. If any of you would like to donate your fruit tree, please fill out this two-question survey. It is greatly appreciated!

What I hope to achieve with my blog is three-fold: one goal is to keep people updated on the status and my successes/failures during the fruit harvest in our community while highlighting the organizations working on this issue. My second goal is offer suggestions, opportunities, events to attend for those looking to learn and become more involved in food and hunger issues. And third, this blog will be a place in which I can reflect on the real issues of food justice, security, and hunger affecting our community today. After spending four years thinking about food on an international scale, multiple summers farming on a small, sustainable level, I look forward to working at the city level trying to have a positive impact on our community.

I’m very excited for the harvest season. As the Blue Scholars correctly stated, “ain’t nothin’ better than a summer in the Upper Left.”

Check out the March newsletter from our partner, Greater Good Granola! 100% of proceeds from the sale of the tasty, addictive granola go to City Fruit!Greater Good Granolaus10.campaign-archive2.comThis little granola company is making a difference- try it, you won't be able to quit it.

Another successful Prune-a-thon event! This one in Mount Baker on the most beautiful of spring(?)-fingers crossed!) days. If you haven't attended a PAT event yet, there is still one left, on March 7th, focusing on fig trees! Sign up on our website, www.cityfruit.org.

City Fruit is launching a series of hands-on work parties, classes, and workshops to help you care for your fruit trees! This session will take place in Mount Baker and focus on pruning fig trees (the specific address will[...]